The 2026 CBCA Shortlist (plus Current Hot Reads) - ASLA Webinar June

Join us for an engaging ASLA Webinar Series session with Paul Macdonald - respected educator, literacy consultant, author, and former owner of the award-winning The Children’s Bookshop, a beloved Sydney literary institution for more than 50 years. With a career spanning education, bookselling, literacy advocacy, and children’s literature, Paul brings a wealth of expertise and passion for building reading cultures in schools. A recipient of numerous awards, including the inaugural Maurice Saxby Award and the Lady Cutler Award for services to children’s literature and literacy in Australia, Paul is widely recognised as a leading voice in Australian children’s and young adult literature.